Need Help Finding Small LAC Safety Schools (I know you're sick of this Q. but, help!)

College Search & Selection
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<p>Do check out Beloit.</p>

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<p>Connecticut Colege is a full need school. My daughter goes there, and we are all quite happy about it. The school has a low faculty-student ratio, so I think it would meet your advising needs. One nice feature is that it supplies each student with a $3k stipend for an internship, which makes its students very competitive. A student can tell a prospective internship sponsor that they won’t have to provide any support, or even approach a program that hasn’t provide internships and say you won’t have to support me.</p>

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<p>My D was very impressed with Connecticut College. (It’s also the perfect distance, only about 1.5 away.) I didn’t know about the internship funds which is terrific.</p>

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<p>Clark and Goucher are good safety schools. Can also look at Siena (definitely a safety which gives good aid at least last year they had rolling admission) and Union (upstate NY). Lafayette, Gettysburg, Muhlenberg (good for merit aid), and Franklin and Marshall in PA are also choices. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Info re Conn Coll internships: [Connecticut</a> College: Internships](<a href=“http://www.conncoll.edu/campuslife/internships.htm]Connecticut”>http://www.conncoll.edu/campuslife/internships.htm)</p>

<p>Another perk is free music lessons: [Connecticut</a> College: Music](<a href=“http://music.conncoll.edu/]Connecticut”>http://music.conncoll.edu/)</p>

<p>Stipends and freebies are a bit ironic when you consider that Conn just supplanted Sarah Lawrence as the most expensive college in the country–although I’ve learned that you have to distinguish between sticker price and what you pay, particularly in the case of a full need school.</p>

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<p>Connecticut College may be “full-need”, but apparently it is not need-blind.
[Colleges</a> Where Need for Aid Can Hurt Admission Odds - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2010/03/23/colleges-where-need-for-aid-can-hurt-admission-odds]Colleges”>http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2010/03/23/colleges-where-need-for-aid-can-hurt-admission-odds)</p>

<p>Mt. Holyoke also is on this list of need-aware colleges.</p>